paris is in france, not texas. the article was about d-day, but it had a contemporary, strategic purpose as well, france was becoming more and more independent and the north atlantic treaty organization, nato at that time and reminding the french of the shared sacrifice during the second world war might strengthen their bond the allies. as john be monet and leading advocate said to ike in a telegram at that time quote, i felt sure that an article would be politically most important, end quote. given this importance, ike presumably put a lot of thought into the story which either makes the various versions it contains more perplexing or it may explain them and eisenhower may have been searching for just the right words for his french readers. in his notes for the article ike wrote, yes, we will attack on the 6th and the first full draft of this story he writes, yes, gentlemen, we will attack on the 6th. in the next draft he scratches this out and he writes, gentlemen, we will attack tomorrow. elsewhere in the draft